I’m Jim Arnoff a Certified Career, Business, and Life Coach who partners with you to create your best professional and personal life.
Combined with my extensive entertainment industry experience working with creatives, I collaborate with my clients to make courageous changes to create the life they want and deserve.
I am certified by the International Coach Federation, founded the Gay Coaches Collective/NYC, and a member of the Gay Coaches Alliance.
I consult as a talent agent having represented television production companies in developing and selling series to the network - both at the WilliamMorris Agency and independently. As a talent agent consultant, I shape pitches, strengthen sizzle reels and work with producers to launch their own production companies.
I practice entertainment law in television, film, and digital having graduated from the George Washington University School of Law and worked as a Business Affairs Attorney at the William Morris Agency. I am a member of the New York State Bar (Entertainment, Arts and Sports Section), New York City Bar and LeGal, the LGBT Bar Association.
I lead career development workshops for Veterans in Media and Entertainment, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Writers Guild of America, New York Women in Film & Television, NYU/Tisch School of the Arts/Career Services/Arts & Entertainment Network, The Actors Fund, Women in Film, Film Fatales, Children’s Media Association, Alliance of Women Directors, National Association of Latino Independent Producers, Fashion Group International, Fashion Institute of technology, Financial Women's Association, Out Professionals, U.S. Military Academy, and the New York Public Library.
I am an adjunct faculty member of the School of Visual Arts and teach "Pitching Your Television Series to the Industry Experts".